plug along in sth.

English Art/Literary Other

We don' need no stinkin' outline," and you'll plunge
directly into your script, confident of working out the story as you plug along in the script.

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Sep 17, 2010 13:41: Jack Doughty Created KOG entry

25 mins

Jack Doughty

United Kingdom

Native in English & English

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to persist stubbornly in something...

even if you don't really understand it as you go along. Your perseverance may eventually bring you understanding and success in your endeavours.

Peer comment(s):

agree	Catharine Cellier-Smart 10 mins
	Thank you.
agree	JH Trads : yes, stubbornly or painstakingly, probably slowly, just "managing" 26 mins
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agree	Annett Kottek (X) : Yes, indeed. Cf. also the def. from the New Oxford Am. Dictionary: plug 4 [ intrans. ] informal proceed steadily and laboriously with a journey or task : during the years of poverty, he plugged away at* his writing.* 2 hrs
	Thank you.
agree	Phong Le 1 day 1 hr
	Thank you.

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